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Thick-billed Fox Sparrow
Passerella megarhyncha Baird, SF, 1858
Passerellidae — New World Sparrows
Thick-billed Fox Sparrow, Passerella megarhyncha, is a New World sparrow that breeds in south-west Oregon and California in western USA and winters in central and southern California and north-west Baja California. It was described by Baird, SF, 1858. It is a member of Passeriformes and Passerellidae. The bird is noted for its very large bill, and it is closely tied to the Sierra Nevada taxa within the fox sparrow complex. Its plumage is much like that of slate-coloured fox sparrows, with a broader blue-grey hood and a less rusty tail.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Passerellidae — New World Sparrows
- Breeding range
- North America: sw Oregon and California (w USA)
- Nonbreeding range
- C, s California and nw Baja California
